Radio is so cutthroat, but I do feel like the music industry is structured so differently than it used to be. I'm amazed and in awe of artists who can build a parallel universe that's so big and clearly defined that the mainstream finally has to pay attention.

I think all the songs [at Moth] are about different things, but if we were to speak about it as a whole, it's really about, it's about joy, and about sensuality and vulnerability and also fun, energy, living in New York in 2015, being out of control, wanting to be in control, failing! It's a sort of story of our lives.

Do not be precious about your music within your own world. Try everything you want to try; just because it exists doesn't mean it's done.

I was really inspired by this feeling of mania, a caricature of myself that I look down upon and see negatively.

Don't say yes to everything. Learn how to say no, because people respect a no.

It's a lot different being a hip-hop artist. You just show up with a piece of paper with your words on it, say it in the mic, then you leave and some other guy does all the music.

No one goes to BrooklynVegan to read about content, they just go for drama. It's a tabloid, the scum of indie.